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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16

Young Wife Begins Her Experiments
with MatrImOny In an unnsual WaY.


When Mr.. and Mrs. Callboard returned
from their wedding journey, they settled
right down 10 housekeeping. Happier
doves never nestled in Hat. and Mrs. Call.
board determined 10 make home happy ioI
Charley from the start. No future mis-.
understandings should arise in their domes.
tic arrangements il her wisdom and tact
could prevent. When they sat down 10
their first meal Nellie helped him To an
opaque slab OF something about an inch
thick, that fell on the table with dull
sickcning thud. "There is some home.
made bread like your mother used TO make,
Charley dear, she said sweetly; Il
learned now 20 make that solid circle of
roller cOmpOsitiOn around the middle OF
the loaf when We We're stopping at her
house last week; If you should ever want
Il change | can maze bread whittier than
snow and lighter than sea foam, but this is
the kind your ,motbcr makes. | thought
you might like 1t the fist day 10 keep YOU
from getting homesck. That nice cake"
she added seeing him thOughtlully
Cndeayoring TO indent with his fork u
durkb brown pyramid Of elastic concrete,
lis cake such as your Aunt Ellen used to
make. got the prescription from her.
/ don't eat it myself, but it is said to be
harmless !. not taken to excess. These ir.
Regular fragments Of leather betting are
dOugLnuts, ike those your grandmother
makes; She taught me how TO make them
ana l bad a coroncrs permit to make
these. These CHASTITY remains on the plat
ter are all that is left Of the holocaust that
is chicken roasted after the prescription
Of your sister Jane And this, Charley,
dear, she continued, pouring out coal.
black liquid, not quite 50 thick rs the
Missouri river. but far more odorous
this is coffee like you used to get at
home. make all these things somewhat
different for myself, and viii use my own
recipes. q, u ruie, after this, but any time
you want things as you used to have them
at home dear, | can ill every prescription
in the pharnacopoia, and don't you for
get il. And lac didn't That was TWEEN
tythrec years ago, and not one of the six
young Caliboards can remember ever to
have hcaid their father so much as refer
10 the doughnuts his grandmother used to
male ~Acl he was a boy.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
"P r innun."

"Boss, lie a b confused bout suthin'.
said one of the icgro whiewashers at the
market of Dc ective Webb the other day.
well, whol is it,
"What doc per annum meanf"
per year OF course.
"A hull yMy'
"Yes."
Cant t- no mistaken"
"No sir"
'If borry So of Abraham Johnson an
agree to pay him 20 per cent. per annum
dat means 20 cents var does itg"
1T does"
''lIu! Oars gwine TO be de biggest row
in kaintucky tonight you cher hearn tell
of r
about what?'
about dat per annum. | borrowed 50
Of de pusson mcnshuncd at 90 per cent.
per annum, an fur dc las fotecn months
he's been collectin' 20 cents week as
regular as a clock. Stuck right to it, he
did; dat per annum meant cherry Satur.
day night. Lawd. but when | get desc
yere paws on him won't per annum take
"a tlopl'
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16

johnny was sick last summer and had
to stay in The house while there was cir
Gus i'm town Naturally il did not swcclen
his temper and his mother mad 10 talk TO
him. My child, She said, you must
not complain because YOU are sick. 1t is
very wicked. You want 10 20 to Heaven,
don you1 "Ics'm he groWlcd, "Lut
moi tin after the circus. \ little boy IN
20 to Heaven any time, but circus am.
Ia town every day"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
Could Not violate The Enlc.

Reporter, interviewing rich man: You
began life barcfooted and worked for a
dollar Il week, believer
NO. sir, / didn't.
"Wcl, that @iIl have to go in anyway
They all do IL, and if We should make an
exception ia yodr ci.sc our readers would
complain.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
TO ADVERTISERS.

The RECORD is CT" of the best mediums Tor
ADVERTISERS i'm Gratiot County, being a welcome
visitor 60 nearly cNci s home in this part oil tue
county aud towns adjoining but 10 insure III ~,
aertiun the Same week. advertisements shoulu
be handed I'm not later than "Wednesday noon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16

Hos OF Tie Tip-Top HodseI--Ycs, we
are short-handed to-day. one of my
walters is down with Inflammation of the
brain.
Gucst-How did that happen?
well, you sec lac is now at the basil
ness. and the fool tried to remember an or.
der"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16

ONE of the most eccentric rich men is
TIE venerable Benjamin Richardson. He
is said to be worth -, 000, 900 or more, but
lives in small tumble down house in
Harlem. He holds mortage for 500 600
against one Of the most prominent insur-
lnce companies in New York Mr.
Richardson owns the historic Washington
coach, which hc lets out whenever there
Il n demand for this revolutionary relic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-16
TO CoRREsr ONDENTs.

We cannot notice anonymous communica-
lions. Ia all eases we require the writer mime
and address, not tor publication, nut as IL
guarantee Of good faith. And Correspondents
sh luld write upon one side of their sheet only
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-16
Wedding in Old Virginia.

The wedding was lovely-the brides
maids, or, as the old fashioned express
ion here is, the ones who wait on her,
did charmingly, and l must tell you
about it. The church, built by an
architect who had no knowledge of
latter day wedding PROFESSIONS, had no
center aisle, but this was no difficulty
to a Virginia girl futile in resources.
First of all up came the usherS, two 10y
two from each side; they met In frost
of the altar and crossed over then a
pair of maids in pink and blue came up
the right aisle and crossed over to the
left side; then two of the groomsmen
Just behind them, forming an effective
background and giving real southern
air of protection. This way of coming
first from one side and then another
was continued until all were in theH
places. and then came the bride on her
fathers arm, a veritable vision OF love
illness in white satin, and the becoming
tulle veil.
Tender hands had arranged the veil,
loving hands were beating with emotion
all about her, and the happy man did
look happy, and said the :" L will'' with
an emphasis worth recording. A girl
near me said that the constant effort to
look first on one side and then on the
other to see the procession of rosebud
girls was rapidly making her cross eyed.
After the service, back to the house we
went, and then there was a supper-no
miserable rich supper from a caterer,
but turkeys brown and tender, hams
pink and really sugar cured, salads
dressed with recipes that had been
treasured for years, and oysters not
only as the Lord ordained they should
be, but in every way that the ingenuity
of the darkey cook could arrange them.
A really Virginia supper Is, as you
know, Dolly, well worth eating,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-16
\ Child Heroine.

Nike va; the station agents daugt-
ter and only child. She was fifteen.
although So small she looked some three
years younger. She had spent nearly
all Of her time in the ticket Office with
her father, picking up letter By letter
ana Sord by word the sounds OF the
Morse instrument, and finally one day
she astonished her father by taking a
telegram By sound, giving HIM a neat
'-copy.n
From that day Mike was installed as
telegraph operator and the indulgent
father often said mick could run that
ofllce inst as well az he could hinlself."
One afternoon her father sauntere1
into the depot with trouble enthroned
on his majestic brow.
'.Nick Pm summoned on jury case
up to the Centre Village this afternoon.
It's too late to get anybody here, S'pose
sou can tend the concern alone until l
get back-probably by e."
Il guess so, father" replied Nike.
SO of he went, leaving Mike mistress
OF the situation. AS the afternoon
passed along the heat and stiffness over.
came her, and dropping her faxen head
on the desk before her she was soon
asleep.
Afterward. the first thing she could
remember abous 1t, voice seeming to
come from her dreams said; "'Tains
likely she is left here alone, and asleep,
too.n
No" responded another evil voice,
.sthe old mans probably round some
where-hut," in lower tone, ''coms
on, let's go long. The down train'll
be along, and we'll Just lay 'em out. -
Mike was wide awake enough now,
but she had presence of mind in her
small body, and realized that safety lay
in keeping still.
'sHow fur IS it up therey"
"Shl Keep mum. Do you want to
knock the hull thing in the head, and
Yourself too?" And then the girls
qulckenei hearing caught the sound Of
heavy footsteps passing by the window
and on up the track.
Mike waited until she couldn't hear
the footsteps and then cautiously turned
and looked out Of the window. There
they were = two looking
tramps fastening up the track. She
recognized them at once as two men
who had been discharged from a con-
struction train that had been at work
down the road. What should she dor
Oh, il she could send for her father.
But there was no one anywhere near,
and besides, by the time he could get
home it might be too late, for it was
evident that the desperate wretches
were bent upon revenging themselves of
their fancied wrongs upon the innocent.
She looked at the clock. Half-past Al
She ran out and looked around the
lonely station. No living being In
sight. She called once feebly, but what
was the use? If she sent for her father
she had no tangible explanation to give
or real reason to make him hurry home
only she was sure there was harm
coming to the down train-that long,
crowded express filed with mountain
tourists. But she Must do something.
The men had disappeared around a
slight Ic0d in the track. Mike ran IN
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-16
Masculine Disorder.

Let US take peep into a room Occu-
pied by ''one of the boys" where for
three or four months he has been left
to arrange, or rather to disarrange,
things according to his own sweet
fancy,
Shades OF chaosl-what sight meets
our view. In one corner is a nest OF
cast off boots and shoes, scattered pro-
miscuously are old socks, half-worn
undergarments, pdSSe cravats and COL
lars, discarded neither garments and
sundry other rubbish rank with personal
exhalatious and emitting vile odorS.
There is thick incru,tatlon Of AMBER
OF the stove. and condemnation of
apple cores, peanut hulls, ashes, char
coal and kindling wood strew the carpet.
In brushing his wet hair he has spat-
tered the looking-glass with murky
water, until you wonder how its be-
logged surface can give any kind OF
satisfactory reflection OF his manly
image.
One thing, perhaps. you will see in
all this muss, which shows some signs
of care; that is his sunday best" which
is brushed and folded away for future
''draw-on."
Come away, dear girl, you have seen
enough. Go SIT yoa down and ponder.
But this "boy'' will be husband
some time-your husband, perhaps, and
will expect you to look after his ward
robe, serve his meals deeently, wrestle
with the filth and disorder which he
leaves in his wake, and rise triumphant
ly through the conflict with a wide
margin of neatness to establish your
victory.
Whatl You will not be courted by
such a sloven? Hark, my girl, you
may be deceived. Wait until he dons
his snowy linen and carefully kept
Sunday best" and emerges Ike a
newly fledged butterfly from his foul
chrysalis. You will not know him then
for what he is.
Aftsr marriage, the probabilities are
that his wife will brush his clothes or
have the satisfaction of seeing him wear
them without being brushed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-16
Uouan's Rights.

,romai's rights, what do those words
hst 5enths ofold-world wisdom do they
.-. s~J,, heir real intent? Oh, sisters, say,
" "a "a = st-iys IN daily life their truth TO
teach.
.-,,tt 10 minister 10 those that need,
~ ~ ,,-ie, song the weary 10 besuile;
v;,t - words Of peace the hungry hearts TO
,rb cheer the sad and lonely with a
smile.
g,,a -irbt IN others joys 10 find,
me right divine 10 weep when others
-,...,f~,'r 70 be 10 all unceasing kind;
m. Tirht 10 wake and pray while others
s.rsp.
,,,.A.,ob Ia rar'e. risL. 10 be true,
IL, ~ th;pA rIshtly-and rightly 20 do,
- - IA. lender, right "a be just;
~ n he worthy Of infinite trust.
r, h The little children's truest friends.
-, tro,y rErln in their eyer-changing
r,--..,ing self 20 labor 10 the end,
Tesrsa eracious influence for good.
r.t, he ladies Of creations lords,
~ aSuotLsrs. daughters, sisters or As wives;
+. bs The best that earth 10 them affords,
r. h. n tos1a the music Of their lives.
The ,irbt in strength and honor 10 be free;
!, JlI,v work accomplished, finding rest
rs iii IN trivial round" sphere 10
III -irht. il blessing, 10 be fully blest.
Picbt 70 be perfect, right TO be pure;
81 n fe rsrient, and strong TO endure;
P,Si, o be loving, right 10 be good
re- sr- LerisLts Of the true womanhosd,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-16
What to Teach the Girls.

Give your girls thorough education.
Teach them to cook and prepare the
food of the household.
Teach them to wash, to iron and darn
stockings, to sew on buttons and to
make their own dresses.
Teach them to make bread, and that
n good kitchen lessons the doctors ac-
count.
Teach them that he only lays up
money whose expenses are less than his
income. and that all grow poor who
have to spend more money than they
receive. -,
Teach them that calico dress pad
for fits better than silken one unpaid
for.
Teach them that a full, healthy face
displays greater lustre than fifty cos
metic beauties.
Teach them to purchase and see that
the account corresponds with the pur-
chase. >.
Teach them good common sense self
help and industry.
Teach them that an honest mechanic
in his working clothes is a better object
of esteem than a dozen naughty, ilnely
dressed idlers.
Teach them gardening and the beauty
Of nature
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-02-16
An Old Circus Rider Talks.

Barnum and Forepaugh are the only
successful and wealthy circus men of
to-day. 1 should say they are equally
wealthy. Forepaugh having the advan-
tage of being alone and getting all the
profits, while Barnum has to divide
with his partners. Both are in the hab-
it of investing all their surplus in real
estate, Barnum owning a section Of
Bridgeport. while Forepaugh has nu-
merous houses in Philadelphia. In the
olden days more money was made in the
circus business, because the expenses
and risks were not so great as now, es-
pecially in the matter of ground rent
and license. A dozen or so of horses,
four or five cages of animals, one ele-
phant, one camel, and twenty people all
told constituted the outfit; there were
no double mammoth tents, no droyes Of
elephants, no herd of camels, or stud
Of horses.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-12-29

We have come to believe largely in
the idea that the Republican party is
the only original fair haired child of
destiny" There are certainly great
many influences working together for
its good. There have been times in
the party's experience, when the lead
ers Of political thought seemed to be
at loss for an issue-something that
should stir up and enthuse the forces
of the party. One of these doubtful
seasons occurred in the early months
Of the present year. But in the mo-
ment of deepest uncertainty President
Cleveland, as the representative of the
Democratic party, kindly gave us the
Rebel Flag issue, and down went the
Democracy. Then came up the sub
ject of the next Presidency. There
were some states fairly considered as
doubtful. "Oh, for an issue" that
should land these states squarely in
the Republican column. The Presi-
dent saw the need, and mith one little
message supplied the want by placing
the Democratic party on record as the
advocate and champion of Free Trade.
Unless we are very much at sea, that
settles the matter for the Democratic
party in the campaign Of next year.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-12-29

HARPER'S MAGAZINE for the first
month of 1888 fully sustains its reputa-
ton from all literary and artistic points
of view. 1t is full of interesting and
seasonable matter.
The first article is about "The Adora-
tion of the Magi," by the REV. DIR. HENRY
VAN DYKE, and records the various
traditions as well as the truth about this
curious incident of sacred history.
Engravings of various famous pictures
on the subject are given. One Of them
appears as the frontispiece of this
number.
1.-THE Italian Chamber of Deputies" is
an instructive historical sketch of the
present popular branch of the italian
Legislature, by J. S. FARRER, illustrated
by twenty portraits of prominent
Deputies. No person who wants to keep
pace with events can afford to omit read
ing this article. 1t tells of the men who
are to hold Italy in her~present high
position in European politics, or let her
slip back.
AMELIE RIvEs tells pretty story of
life south of the Potomac in Virginia OF
| Virginia" The other portion of fiction is
"In Far Lochaber," by WILLIAM BLACK
| This is Part l. of a novel in Mr.. BLACKS
| best style.
Modern French Sculpture" by
THEODORE CHILD, as its name implies, is
an exposition of the work of the French
sculptors of to-day. 1t is beautifully
illustrated by drawings from photographs
The New South receives attention in q
number of pages devoted to description
of the city of Savannah, Ga, written by
1. w. AVERY. There are engravings
giving views of monuments of the city
its houses and public buildir gs, together
with bits of scenery in the neighborhood
Under the heading "The Tariff. Fol
Revenue OnlyI' HENRY WATTERson
sets forth the views of the Free-trad'
reformers in this country. 1t is long
and exhaustive presentation of the view!
of the school of political economy il
which Mr.. WATTERsoN is leadin.
| teacher.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-12-29

Judge J. w. Laird tells one of the
best "Christmas Stories" we have
heard, illustrative Of the proneness Of
the human family to extravaganza of
expression: Some years ago there
lived in Chillicothe a rather queer ge-
MUS who prided himself CD being
something Of a weather prophet.
There came nice, warm Christmas
Day, and some men were discussing
the beauty of the weather, when this
weather prophet, with great assump-
tion of wisdom, exclaimed: "I've
seen thousands and thousands OF
Christmases, but l never saw one like
thisr
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-12-29

George Boyee, a thirteen-year- old
boy of Oil City, Pa, had both legs
cut off by railway train. When the
doctors attempted to dress his frac-
tured limbs, they held whisky to his
lips, but he refused to drink. "Then," !"
said the doctors, well have to give
you chloroform." The brave little
fellow told them to go ahead with the
chloroforming process, but that he
didn't want any whisky. Oh, for
millions of such examples as that!
Even with death staring him in the
face, and urged by his physicians, this
brave boy refused the miserable stuff
that destroys the bodies and souls Of
men. The doctors who urged him to
take it ought to have had their heads
cut off.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-12-29

The Democrats of Mississippi have
a way, peculiarly their own, of dealing
with poorly-paid laborers who dare to
go on strike. A strike has been in
progress on some of the sugar planta-
tions in Louisiana. The Governor Of
the State made haste to send troops to
the scene of the strike, and these wer,s
only too eager to begin the process of
shooting down the '.niggers This
is in keeping with the Democratic
doctrine of Free Trade. The South
wants cheap labor. 1t wants system
of labor that can compete with the
pauper labor Of Europe. The poor
devils who do the work or the South
must therefore be kept down-even If
they have to be shot down, in order to
prevent the growth of dissatisfaction
among the laborers. While the North
would suffer seriously from the effects
Of Cleveland's S plan of Tariff Reform,
the South would not be so seriously
affected, from the fact that the labor
of the South is now about as near the
pauper line as it can we'll get.
The conduct Of the Southern Dem
ocrats toward the strikers in Louisiana,
is pretty fair example of the love Of
that party for the laboring men. That
party has always been the enemy and
oppressor of labor, and the long reign
of slavery in the South is sufficient
evidence of its efforts to degrade labor.